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National Group

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077550
MRDS ID W025250
Record type Site
Current site name National Group
Alternate or previous names Forbes, Veteran
Related records 10286966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.40217, 44.70181 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N. OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill City South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Santiam(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 005W 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M
    Depth to bottom 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Production of $200,000 in gold reported by Averill.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CLAIMS; ADIT 1,200 FT., WINZE 700 FT., SHAFT 50 FT. ORIGINALLY LOCATED 1869 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD LODES OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: California Journal of Mines and Geology v. 29 , P. 40

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: California Journal of Mines and Geology v. 35, P. 145 - 146.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: Californa Division of Mines and Geology, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (44.7018, -122.4022) appear to be in Oregon, but this record is listed as being in California. The location data may be incorrect.

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